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Hong Kong International Airport
Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hong Kong International Airport is the
main airport in Hong Kong.
It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport, due to
the fact that it was built on the island of
Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation.
The airport opened for commercial operations in 1998,
replacing Kai Tak Airport, and is an important regional
trans-shipment centre, passenger hub and gateway for
destinations in China, East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Despite a relatively short history, Hong Kong International
Airport has won several notable international
"Best Airport" awards.
In 2001-2005 and 2007, it came first in Skytrax's
World Airport Awards.
HKIA operates twenty-four hours a day, and is one of
the world's busiest airports in terms of international
passenger and cargo movement.
In 2007, HKIA handled 47 million passengers
and 3.7 million tonnes of cargo.
It is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Dragonair,
Hong Kong Express Airways, Hong Kong Airlines,
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines and Air Hong Kong.
History
The airport was built on a largely artificial
island reclaimed from Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau.
The two former islands that were levelled comprise
about 25% of the surface area of the
airport's 12.48 kmē platform.
It is connected to the northern side of Lantau
Island near the historic village of Tung Chung,
now expanded into a new town.
Land reclamation for the airport added nearly
1% to the entirety of Hong Kong's surface area.
It replaced the former Hong Kong International
Airport (popularly known by its former name Kai
Tak Airport), which was located in the Kowloon
City area with a single runway extending into
Kowloon Bay close to the urban built-up areas.
Construction of the new airport was only
part of the Airport Core Programme, which
also involved construction of new road and
rail links to the airport, with associated
bridges and tunnels, and major land reclamation
projects on both Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon.
The project is the most expensive airport
project, according to Guinness World Records.
Construction of the new airport was voted as one
of the Top 10 Construction Achievements of the
20th Century at the ConExpo conference in 1999.
Opened on 6 July 1998, a week later than Kuala Lumpur
International Airport, it took six years
and US $20 billion to build.
On that day at 6:25 a.m., Cathay Pacific's CX889 was
the first flight to land at the airport, pipping
the original CX292 from Rome which was
the scheduled first arrival.
The architects were Foster and Partners.
For three to five months after its opening, it
suffered various severe organisational, mechanical,
and technical problems that almost crippled the airport.
At one time, the government reopened the cargo terminal at
Kai Tak Airport to handle freight traffic due to a breakdown
at the new cargo terminal, named Super Terminal One,
however after six months the airport
started to operate normally.
On 28 February 2007, a second terminal (check-in facility
only) of the airport opened, with a new Airport Express
platform opened serving the new terminal.
The terminal also features a new shopping mall SkyPlaza,
providing a large variety of shops and restaurants,
together with a few entertainment facilities.
SkyCity is currently being built directly
across from the airport.
It currently includes the AsiaWorld-Expo and the SkyPier.
Planned for development is a golf course,
Marriott hotel, and business centre.
The airport is operated by the Airport Authority
Hong Kong, a statutory body wholly owned by the
Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) is responsible
for the provision of air traffic control services,
certification of Hong Kong registered aircraft,
monitoring of airlines on their compliance with
bilateral Air Services Agreements, and the regulation
of general civil aviation activities.
For a more information about
Hong Kong Airport see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page was retrieved and condensed from
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Airport)
see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, March 2008.
All text is available under the terms of the
GNU Free Documentation License
(see
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